Draft-equalizer.



No. 670,43l. S I Patented Mar. 26,190l.

' A. H. NIESLEY;

DRAFT EUUALIZEB.

(Application 311ml Aug. '23, 1900.

(in mm) WITNESSES: IN VEN T019,

THE NORRIS psrznacu. PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON, n. c.

WEED STATES ATENT Face.

A'BRAM H. NIESLEY, OF RAMONA, KANSAS.

DRAFT-EQUALIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,431, dated March26, 1901 Application filed August 23; 1900. Serial No. 27,796. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM H. NIESLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ramona, in the county of Marion and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Draft-Equalizers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to draft-equalizers,

complete attached to the tongue of a wagon;

Fig. 2 shows a front view of my attachment complete, the tongue beingindicated in section on line as to. tail view illustrating the meansprovided by me to adjustably connect the doubletree to the evener-tree.

In order to conveniently refer to the several features of my inventionand such 00- operating accessories as may be necessary to illustrate apractical application thereof to use, numerals will be employed, ofwhich 1 indicates a portion of a wagon-tongue of the usual or anypreferred construction, and to a point thereof near the axle of thewagon I pivotally secure the evener-tree 2, preferably by means of theclip 3 and the bolt 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

In advance of the evener-tree proper I provide the auxiliary evener 5,also pivotally connected to the tongue by the bolt 6, as

shown in Fig. 2. Immediately above the auxiliary evener 5 I operativelydispose the doubletree 7, of the usual construction, said doubletreebeing pivotally mounted upon the stem 8 of the connecting link or rod 9,a suitable nut 10 being provided to hold the Fig. 3 is a perspectivededoubletree in place. The opposite end of the link-section 9 is bentdownward at right angles to the section 8, thereby providing theanchoring-stem 11, which is adapted to take through a suitable apertureprovided in the shorter end of the auxiliary evener 5, saidanchoring-stem being retained in position in said aperture by a suitablenut 12, as indicated in Fig. 2.

The doubletree 7 is provided in the usual manner with the singlet-recs13, thereby enabling two horses to be attached to it, the third horsebeing provided for by the singletree 14, pivotally connected to theouter end of the auxiliary evener 5 by the connectinglink 15.

The link-section 9 is provided with a rearwardly-extending lip having aseries of apertures 16, for a purpose hereinafter set forth.

The doubletree is provided at its central portion with the clip 17,having the rearwardly-extending ear 18, which latter is provided with asuitable aperture designed to receive a hook provided upon the forwardend of the rod 19, the rear end of said rod being pivotally connected tothe shorter end of the evener proper, 2.

The lower end of the evener proper is pivotally connected to thelongerend of the auxiliary evener 5 by meansof the rods 20 and 21, and sincethe inner end of the link-section 9 is free to swing backwardly andforwardly during the operation of pulling the vehicle it follows thatthe evener proper, 2, will play sufficiently to compensate for suchmovement for said link.

The hook-section provided on the forward end of the rod 19 may bedisposed in the aperture provided in the ear 18, or said book may bedisposed in any preferred one of the apertures 16, provided in thelink-section 9,

thereby providing means for more accurately adjusting the relation ofthe doubletree with respect to the short end of the evener proper, 2,itbeing understood that the link-section 9 shall be of sufficient sizeto provide the requisite strength required to enable it to perform itsoflice.

Instead of employing a single rod 20 to eX- tend from the evener-tree 2to the longer end of the evener 5 I prefer to use in connection with therod 20 the two rods 21 and 22. The

rods 20, 21, and 22 are pivotally connected together by means of thedisk 23, which is pro vided with three apertures to receive ahooksection of said rods. The rod 22 extends from said disk into pivotalengagement with the clip 17, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Any desiredadjustment may be readily secured by disposing the rear end of the rod20 in one of the apertures 24, provided in the tree 2, as is obvious.

The manner of using my improved adjustable equalizer may be stated to beas follows: If, for instance, two comparatively small animals arehitched to the doubletree by means of the singletrees 13 and a singlelarge and strong animal attached to the single tree 14, it becomesdesirable to give the advantage to the two smaller animals, which may bereadily accomplished by detaching the hook from the car 18 andconnecting it with one of the apertures 16, it being understood that thenearer said hook approaches the outer aperture the greater advantagewill be given to the two smaller animals and the heavier load placedupon the larger horses.

The several parts of my improved equalizer may be very cheaply andexpeditiously manufactu red of any preferred material and readilyassembled in their respective operative positions, and believing thatthe advantages and manner of using my invention have been made fullyapparent from the foregoing description further reference is deemedunneeessary.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. Ina draft-equalizer, a main and an an xiliary evener pivotally secured tothe tongue of a vehicle, in combination with a singletree connected tothe outer end of said auxiliary evener; a donhletree and a linkconnecting the same to the shorter end of the auxiliary evener and meansto adjustably connect the douhletree to the short end of the evenerproper, whereby the load may be evenly or unevenly distributed,substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

2. The herein-described draft-equalizer comprising a main and anauxiliary evener pivot-ally secured at one side of their center to thevehicle; a rod pivotally eonnectingthe longer end of said eveners witheach other;

a doubletree disposed with its central portion directly over the medianline of the vehicle; a link-section having a series of apertures 16 andalso having the upwardly and down wardly directed stems 8 and 11respectively, the former stem being adapted to enter an apertureprovided in the central part of the doubletree while the latter stem isreceived by an aperture in the shorter end of the auxiliary evener and arod pivotally secured to the shorter end of the evener proper andadapted to connect directly with the central portion of the doubletreeor to any aperture provided by the link 9, all substantially asspecified and for the purpose set forth.

3. The herein -descrihed draftequalizer comprising a main and auxiliaryevener 2 and 5 respectively, each pivotallyconnected to the vehicle uponone side of their central portion a rod 20 adapted to connect the longerends of said eveners in combination with a double tree normally disposedover the central portion of the tongue and suitable means to adjustablyconnect the doubletree with the short end of the main evener whereby thedraft may be apportioned to the animals as de sired, substantially asspecified and for the purpose set forth.

4:. In a draft-equalizer, a main and an auxiliary evener 2 and 5,respectively, each pivotally connected to the vehicle upon one side oftheir center, rods 20, 21 and 22 pivotally connected with each other atone end and having their other ends pivotally connected to parts of saideveners whereby said eveners Will move cooperatively, all substantiallyas specified and for the purpose set forth.

5. I11 draft-e(p1alizers, an evener, a doubletree, a link havingperforations connecting the evener and the doubletreo, and meansconnected with the tongue and adapted to engage any desired perforation,all combinedas set forth.

In testimony whereof I al'lix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ABRAM H. NIESLEY.

Witnesses:

S. C. ESKELDSON, V. P. J. SANDERGARD.

